
5.
Study Questions 13-15, and note. Children may read paragraphs 7-10 of
the primary lesson. Read selected portions of the Lesson Help.
6.
Read Acts 16: 1.12. Study Questions 16-18. Children may read para-
graphs 11 and 12 of the primary lesson. Read selected portions of the Lesson
Help.
7.
Review the lesson by asking questions from senior, youth's, junior, or
primary lesson. Study notes in the "Youth's Instructor." Consider
topics
under "Personal Reflections."
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THE LESSON
1. 'What erroneous teaching caused trouble in the church at An-
tioch? Acts 15: 1.
NOTE.—"While the apostles united with the ministers and lay
members at'Antioch in an earnest effort to win many souls to Christ,
certain Jewish believers from Judea, 'of the sect of the Pharisees,' •
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succeeded in introducing a question that soon led to widespread con-
troversy in the church, and brought consternation to the believing
gentiles. With great assurance these Judaizing teachers asserted that
in order to be saved, one must be circumcised, and niust keep the entire
ceremonial law."—"The Acts of the Apostles," pp. 188, 189.
,2. How did they decide to have the question settled? Verse 2.
NorE.—"In
the' church at Antioch, the consideration) of the ques-
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tron of circumcision resulted in much discussion and contention.
Finally, the members of the church, fearing that a division among
them would be the outcome of continued discussion, decided to send
Paul and Barnabas, with some responsible men from the church, to
Jerusalem, to lay the matter before the apostles and elders.) There
they were to meet delegates from the different churcheS, andfhose who
had come to Jerusalem to attend the approaching festivals. Mean-
while all controversy was to cease until a final decision should be
given in general council. This decision was then to be universally ac-
cepted by the different churches throughout the country.":—Id., p. 190.
3.
On reaching Jerusalem, what report did they make to the
church? Verse 4.
4. At the Jerusalem council, what reference did-Peter make to his
vision of eleven years before (Acts•10: 9-14)? Verses 7-9.
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5.
With what question did Peter close his speech? Verses 10, 11.
6.
What testimony was borne by Barnabas and Paul? Verse 12.
7.
What line of argument was followed by James? Verses 13, 14.
NOTE.—"James presided at the council, and his final decision was,
`Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from
among the gentiles are turned to God.'
"This ended the discussion. In this instance we have a refutation
of the doctrine held by the Roman Catholic Church,—that Peter was
the head of the church. Those who, as popes, have claimed to be his
successors, have no Scriptural foundation for their pretensions. Noth-
ing in the life of Peter gives sanction to the claim that he was elevated
_above his brethren as the vicegerent of the Most High. If those who
are declared to be the successors of, Peter, had followed his example,
they would always have been content to remain on au equality with
their brethren."—Id., pp. 194, 195.
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